I made a 5:24 minute video below (scroll down to the bottom to view), that answers a question I got from Louis. He asks ” where do I take it next (the recorded music) so it can go to the next level..”
What I think he means is that when you’re starting out and you have just finished and polished up your new music, what do you do next?
Well the video below explains what you should do next.
Basically, you need to get your music to a tastemaker so that you can get some feedback and input on what you have produced.
What is a tastemaker? A tastemaker could be one of many influential music industry types. From a well respected A and R, to a DJ.
In this case, I’ll refer to the radio/club DJ as being the person who to target. Why? Because this is the method I used when I was starting out and I have used this approach on may occasions.
DJ’s have their ear to the streets and could let you know if your music is a “hit”, “miss” or a “grower”. They could get to test your music and see what the response is like first hand via radio airplay (if they can choose what gets played) and in the clubs.
I have to apologize if your genre of music doesn’t fit this method. In that case you will want to find someone that has similar influence in your genre.
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much appreciation for taking the time to read and answer my question about the tastemaker, good info, keep doin what you’re doin, alot of people such as myself get some much needed info
peace
louis
No problem Louis. Getting feedback like this keeps me going. If you have anymore questions hit me up via email.
this is more of a tip than anything but i learned this the other day by giving it a shot ,,i didnt think this would work but it turned out better than i though..we were using head phones to lay vocal tracks and it seemed like there was no feeling in it..i unplugged the head phones and cranked the monitor speakers,i used an audix brand mic so there wouldnt be any kind of noise bleed from the loud music..with the music being so loud it was like being on stage,with that the feeling of the music wasent so drab..needless to say the tracks came out better than i expected
Thanks for this Erik. I get technical questions all the time. And I don’t have an ounce of technicality in my body! I’m sure people will find this useful.
I want to say thanks for the info and I look forward to hearing from you again. Please forward info on how I can upload one of my songs for you to take a listen too.
You’re just going to have to shoot me an email (independentmusicstartup[@]gmail.com)